6 Inches of Sleet, 4 Inches of Ice!
THE ICE (PINK) YESTERDAY AT 3 PM
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Oklahoma was beginning its third round of freezing rain and sleet Sunday morning (as predicted by the NMM model earlier this week, the state was to suffer through three pulses of winter precip). The ice will move southeast towards the Gulf Coast by Monday (see graphic below) and will also move northeast to continue to coat Missouri and Illinois with more glaze. At least 7 deaths have been blamed on the storm (Google News).
Springfield, Missouri Ice - Jan. 13, 2007 - Icicles hang from a street sign in Springfield, Mo., Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007. An overnight ice storm downed trees and power lines, leaving an estimated 90 percent of the city without power, and forecasters predicted additional freezing rain for the area. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
At least a quarter of a million people were without power on Saturday night in Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois as the weekend ice storm continued to plague the Plains. A tornado also hit in Texas (CNN).
Here are some of the incredible reports coming out of this weekend's storm. If these are true, they would be incredible. Reports of over a couple inches of sleet or over one inch of freezing rain, I'm not sure I've ever heard as much as 6 inches of sleet or 4 inches of ice, as the reports below show.
Ice on branches, taken yesterday in Pekin, Illinois
by AccuWeather.com Weather Photo Gallery user gator.
NOTICE: This newer list supercedes the one below.
HEAVY SLEET (ICE PELLETS):
Clinton, MO: 6.0" Sleet
Sedalia, MO: 3.0" Sleet
Near Parsons, KS: 2.5" Sleet*
Near Lowry City, MO: 2.1" Sleet*
Many Locations in MO, KS: 2.0" Sleet
Payson, IL: 2.0" Sleet*
Vinita, OK: 2.0" Sleet*
HEAVY FREEZING RAIN (ICE / GLAZE):
Whitefield, OK: 4.0" Freezing Rain*
Eufaula, OK: 1.0" Freezing Rain
Arpelar, OK: 1.0" Freezing Rain
Wilburton, OK: 1.0" Freezing Rain
Loami, IL: 1.0" Freezing Rain
Dixon, MO: 1.0" Freezing Rain
Lamar, MO: 1.0" Freezing Rain
Warsaw, MO: 1.0" Freezing Rain
Fort Scott, MO: 1.0" Freezing Rain
*The report as transmitted to the NWS reads "2-4 INCHES ICE ON TREES/POWER LINES. MANY BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN."
LIVE RADARS TO WATCH TODAY (Click To Zoom):
Oklahoma Radar (PREMIUM & PRO) | Missouri Radar (PREMIUM | PRO)
The ice is moving into Texas and could affect those on the east Texas Gulf Coast by tomorrow. More information is available in our Weather Headlines (PREMIUM | PRO) and Breaking Weather News Page (PREMIUM | PRO).
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